I too follow cricket closely Georgia Peach! Bahrain is an affiliated member of ICC (international cricket council) in theory only! It doesn't feature in the main 10-12 playing nations. USA also has a national cricket team btw!

need help with something... I was pretty sure I heard Phil say at the start they would go to 5 continents, but I can't find the video of it... its important because if true it means they likely went to Australia after Bahrain.

I was there. Prob 20 feet away from Phil.

He was un-miked, was very hoarse, and with the crowd noise I could not hear that at all.

In fact I was disappointed to not hear the traditional __countries, __ continents, __miles .

There is an hour long professional start video out there, maybe that will have it?? I have tapes of him doing the intro x5, but I do not hear that said. But am sure it was said...just not that I can hear.

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need help with something... I was pretty sure I heard Phil say at the start they would go to 5 continents, but I can't find the video of it... its important because if true it means they likely went to Australia after Bahrain.

Isn't it too late for 5 continents ? With supposedly 3 legs left, crossing two continents seems unviable to me. I think they will either cover Europe, Africa, Asia, North America OR Europe, Africa, Oceania, North America.Thoughts ?

need help with something... I was pretty sure I heard Phil say at the start they would go to 5 continents, but I can't find the video of it... its important because if true it means they likely went to Australia after Bahrain.

Isn't it too late for 5 continents ? With supposedly 3 legs left, crossing two continents seems unviable to me. I think they will either cover Europe, Africa, Asia, North America OR Europe, Africa, Oceania, North America.Thoughts ?

Yes Bahrain's part of Asia, but have they done 1 nation asia leg ever ? I have to check on it. Either Asia has been skipped all together or atleast 2 nations have been visited as per my knowledge. Someone correct me if i'm wrong!

Update : I crosschecked for past 10 TAR seasons and I couldn't find a scenario where only 1 asian nation was visited. If an asian continent was touched, atleast 2 nations were visited.

Bahrain IS considered Asia. And Im thinking there is still at least 2 legs before finale, so you could be right about Australia.

looking at flights Bangkok makes sense if they have 2 more legs before finale... thought maybe Tokyo but they have a typhoon coming so doubt it

Thailand would be wonderful. What other asian nations are a possibility (bleak though!) by looking at the flight schedule according to you ?Also are we positive that Bahrain was only for one leg ? I know its an island nation, but still !

I too follow cricket closely Georgia Peach! Bahrain is an affiliated member of ICC (international cricket council) in theory only! It doesn't feature in the main 10-12 playing nations. USA also has a national cricket team btw!

Yes. Bahrain is an 'affiliated member' of the ICC, which means it doesn't play Test match cricket. (Like Australia, England, etc) Instead, it plays in regional competitors, in other nations around them, such as Qatar, United Arab Emirates (where Pakistan play their home matches), Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman. However, I am unsure if they have 'city cricket', as they do here in Australia. DontKillMe, what country are you from? I am also unsure as too which how many children have an interest in the great game. I hope (if it is cricket), it is a too harder a task, as I have played it for many years and I haven't scored over 20 runs in one go

It looks like there are about 18 flights a day from Dubai to Bahrain, and visa versa. Flights are about one hour 15 minutes long. Back in Dubai of course, there are so many flights out to everywhere that even if you only look at the east bound flights, they could go almost anywhere.

I don't think we have a confirmed arrival flight in Dubai, or at least not a live sighting. ?? But with the race in Bahrain photos yesterday, I doubt they started the leg in Dubai, then caught the 95 minute flight to Bahrain to continue the leg, but it's slightly possible I guess.

I'm just trying to think of an answer for the "team didn't make it to" in Bahrain, given the number of flights out. The lost passport idea idea seems possible, but if they were only connecting flights and no tasks? That could mean losing it somewhere in the airport in Dubai? I suppose something could have happened in Africa as well, but with that wording, if they are correct, it doesn't sound like an injury.

So, any ideas where that water / dive / questions task was? Of course the airport is practically surrounded by water, so they could have done it there and driven any of the 3 routes to the Tree of Life, or gone to the western side, and then back for the drive to ToL.

ETA the Bahrain Yacht Club is at Sitra (that eastern road) and they have all kinds of activities there, kayaking, diving, so it might be a place TAR could arrange a "walk the plank." Just looking for possible locations and routes.

Of course the airport is practically surrounded by water, so they could have done it there and driven any of the 3 routes to the Tree of Life, or gone to the western side, and then back for the drive to ToL.

Yes, the guy who posted the video of the diving said "Bahrain Bay," which is 6.8 kms** (corrected from miles) from the airport.

Of course the airport is practically surrounded by water, so they could have done it there and driven any of the 3 routes to the Tree of Life, or gone to the western side, and then back for the drive to ToL.

Yes, the guy who posted the video of the diving said "Bahrain Bay," which is 6.8 miles from the airport.

Yeah, there is lots to do in Bahrain, I am trying to figure out HOW a team "didn't make it to Bahrain" though. Lost passport seems likely, but where? Africa or Dubai, and how would you lose it in Dubai if you were just switching planes?

IF that report is true that is, that the unnamed source heard Phil tell "Jody" they were safe, and that the other team didn't make it to that country.

I think the source is production and that's why they aren't naming it, so I tend to believe them. Their conclusions haven't been completely accurate, but the actual spoilers have been.

Yeah, there is lots to do in Bahrain, I am trying to figure out HOW a team "didn't make it to Bahrain" though. Lost passport seems likely, but where? Africa or Dubai, and how would you lose it in Dubai if you were just switching planes?

IF that report is true that is, that the unnamed source heard Phil tell "Jody" they were safe, and that the other team didn't make it to that country.

I think the source is production and that's why they aren't naming it, so I tend to believe them. Their conclusions haven't been completely accurate, but the actual spoilers have been.

lost passport or one of the members of the team got extremely sick maybe?

I had a friend lose their passport on the plane on the second of three flights- Miami to Lima if I remember correctly (wasnt with them, but remember the retelling of the tale)

Stuff like that CAN happen- haven’t seen the losing of a passport in transit between countries, but isn’t impossible based on my (secondhand) experience

But, I would like a little more before I outright believe it

I’d lend myself to believe it more easily if the info that had been extrapolated from sightings throughout the race had been more right than wrong, but currently it’s not reliable enough on its own for me

Bahrain IS considered Asia. And Im thinking there is still at least 2 legs before finale, so you could be right about Australia.

looking at flights Bangkok makes sense if they have 2 more legs before finale... thought maybe Tokyo but they have a typhoon coming so doubt it

Thailand would be wonderful. What other asian nations are a possibility (bleak though!) by looking at the flight schedule according to you ?

I think Thailand may not be visited as the Funeral of the king of Thailand is held in the upcoming 5 daysAlthough teams can go there,however,there are a lot of advices that tourists should pay attention to such as trying to follow formal dress code

As there are 2 more legs, some big cities like Hong Kong,Singapore can be paid attention to as these 2 are the busiest transit city

Singapore was last visited five seasons ago and could not be a fourpeat. Unlikely choice.

But they can use Singapore as airport connection to other Asian countries and Australia/New Zealand but the nearer Dubai airport could provide most of the non-stop flight to the same destination (I read somewhere Emirates and Qatar Airways now provide non-stop flights to Auckland, NZ but there's another story) so. Other than that I agree with you that a Singapore visit would be too soon and does not fit with the underused/unvisited route theme this season.

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